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shouldn’t it be considered vegan to harvest any of the useful parts from it, since there was no human-caused suffering involved?

What the fuck are you talking about? The corpse is still made up of animal parts. For the record I’m a vegetarian because I hate animals and I think they’re gross.

I’m agitated by this post not because of whatever morality question you’re trying to pull, but for linguistics sake.

Definition of Vegan from Merriam - Webster:

a strict vegetarian who consumes no food (such as meat, eggs, or dairy products) that comes from animals

also : one who abstains from using animal products (such as leather)

People like you are the reason why the word “literally” doesn’t mean “literally” anymore and we don’t have a replacement.

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baggins@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’m referring to veganism the moral philosophy, not the deit.

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- MisterNeon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  That’s not the question you asked
  
  shouldn’t it be considered vegan The answer is no, because the definition of the word. I’m sick of “vibe” people. Words have meanings.
  
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  - baggins@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Buddy thinks the dictionary contains all the information he ever needs to know 😂
    
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    MisterNeon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Dude asks questions to people without doing the minimal effort of a Google search.
    
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  - Lemminary@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    That’s not the question you asked
    
    But that’s implied. People aren’t usually vegetarian or vegan because they “hate animals,” but rather because of ethical concerns. And even so, if they’re asking such a question, it’s because they’re basing their understanding on the ethics and not the literal definition. Otherwise, the answer is obvious.
    
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givesomefucks@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

why the word “literally” doesn’t mean “literally” anymore and we literally don’t have a replacement word.

Literally still means literally, it just ironically also means figuratively now too.

But it’s literally always meant literally.

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- meco03211@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Literally used to mean literally. It still does. It just used to a well.
  
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AsoFiafia@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Sounds like someone woke up not just on the wrong side of the bed, but off of it. Take six chill pills, bro. 😂

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commie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
lexicons don’t tell you what a word should mean. they just record known uses

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